We talk often about reducing emissions, which is, of course, an objective I think we all share.

We lose a football field of land approximately every hour, a football field every hour.

I think I read recently where gas that comes from the United States as compared to Russia is 13 percent cleaner.

This place is going to be absolutely key in solving the problem, and what I mean by that is the experts, the facilities, the scientists that you have here, the innovation, the moon shot that the Chair just talked about.

Let me say it again: We have increased our dependence upon oil from Saudi Arabia.

I want to throw out a few things. Number one, I was reading a report a while back that talked about how, for battery storage technology, it takes 50 to 100 pounds of mining rare and critical materials, oftentimes from China, to produce one…

If we come in and say, hey, we are going to just stop producing, it doesn't stop demand because you have a system that continue to be dependent upon these energy streams.

In 2011, the year after the BP disaster, one-half of this nation's trade deficit, one-half of the entire trade deficit, was attributable to us importing energy from other countries.

I ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a document developed by CIRES, UC-Boulder, titled 'Accounting for Ozone.'

I want to thank all of you for being here to participate in your government. This is what the United States looks like.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with the gentlewoman, for whom I have deep respect, that I believe that the humanitarian standards that the gentlewoman referred to are alive in the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentlewoman from Michigan's efforts on this bill. I admire her for her compassion. I respect her intent and the spirit behind this bill, and I hope that…

Mr. Speaker, I want to associate myself with the remarks made by my friend, the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Womack) who talked about the importance of what we need to do to get back into a position where we can get control over spending…

The pandemic has also affected innocent newborn children.

We have allowed for this process to just sit there and morph into this complete--just stagnant process that is victimizing the very people that we are representing.

The levee system actually stabilizes the ecosystem that is protected behind it.

We are not taking the steps and the policies. We are accepting mediocracy.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Ohio, our ranking member of the subcommittee, for all of his work on this. I want to thank Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney from New York, our chairman; Chairman DeFazio and the ranking…